Yesterday (26th of April 2016) was a huge day for the PROMAC participants! Researchers from SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture and Materials and Chemistry joined forces in order to run the very first pilot production of Palmaria Palmata. SINTEF FAs pilot production unit, Mobile SeaLab, was used to run the production right outside our facilities in Trondheim. A hydrolysis experiment was carried out using fresh-frozen Palmaria harvested by our collagues at NIBIO (huge thanks to WP1 !) and two high value (good looking) fractions were produced. The experiment went very well and we are prouded to of being a part of the macroalgae adventure.

Enjoy the pictures below!

Erlend’s first time running the pilot production plant – he is really looking forward to it!